The Destruction of the US Supreme Court

Yes it's over. The false hope that the US Supreme Court would remain the one institution of non-partisanship is gone forever. Yes, most of us falsely hoped that this was true, that the Supreme Court was fair and decent. We grew up on the concept that the United States of America was a true democracy and a country of laws vs men. We were spoon fed a belief in equality under the law even though every day we saw the reality of prejudice. There was always the hope that even though black men, the poor, immigrants and women were treated unfairly, their voices would be represented and heard in a courtroom of nine justices. That arguments would be presented and decisions made without prejudice and with a search for the truth not impeded by interference from the other branches of government, the executive and legislative.

That hope, that last hope, was destroyed forever with the appointment and confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and finalized with his ceremonial swearing in by former Justice Anthony Kennedy at the White House on Monday, October 8, 2018. Yes the fix was in as soon as Kennedy resigned and Kavanaugh was named as his replacement. Kennedy was part of the deal making. The swing vote Justice's last swing was against the court. Donald Trump spent countless hours during his 2016 campaign screaming and yelling about the Washington swamp and how the system was rigged. He was so right. He has spent the last two years proving it through appointments and decisions. He has fed the swamp and rigged the system over and over. Now, with the help of his enablers in the US Senate, he has reached into one of the last institutions of freedom and justice, the US Supreme Court and turned it into a partisan sham.

I don't believe the institution will ever recover. The damage has been done by the likes of Trump, McConnell, Grassley and Graham. They have destroyed the Court, its process and decision making forever. Yes we are a country of men. Men who are in their last gasp for power before minorities become majorities and rip that power from their old white hands. They are fearful of the consequences as they should be. They will stop at nothing to hold on to that power so be on guard.

Yes, people should resist and yes, everyone should register to vote and make sure that they do vote on Nov. 6, 2018. But recognize we have lost our soul. We have lost any perception that there is a branch of government that is fair and non-partisan. The US Supreme Court has not been protected from the swamp. It is rigged. It is gone.